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(B.  A.  I.  Order  307) 

United  States  Department  of  Agriculture 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY 


RULE   1,   REVISION   26.—TO   PREVENT   THE   SPREAD   OF 
SPLENETIC,  SOUTHERN,  OR  TEXAS  FEVER  IN  CATTLE 

Effective  an  and  after  December  1,  1927 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture. 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and  notice  is 
hereby  given,  that  the  contagious  and  infectious  disease  known  as  splenetic, 
southern,  or  Texas  fever  exists  in  cattle  in  Morehouse  Parish,  La.,  and  that  said- 
mentioned  disease  still  exists  among  cattle  in  other  portions  of  the  State  of 
Louisiana,  and  aiso  in  the  following  States  and  Territory,  to  wit :  Alabama,  Ar- 
kansas, Florida,  Mississippi,  Oklahoma,  Texas,  and  Porto  Rico. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  R.  W.  Dunlap,  Acting  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  under 
authority  conferred  by  section  1  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  3,  1905 
(33  Stat.  1264),  do  hereby  quarantine  the  areas  hereinafter  described,  and  do 
order  by  this  rule  1,  revision  26,  under  the  authority  and  discretion  conferred 
on  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by  section  3  of  the  said  act  of  Congress,  ap- 
proved March  3,  1905  (33  Stat.  1265),  that  the  interstate  movement  of  cattle 
from  the  areas  herein  quarantined  shall  be  made  only  in  accordance  with  the 
regulation  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  the  prevention  of  the  spread  of 
splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever  in  cattle. 

AREAS  QUARANTINED 

The  following  areas  are  quarantined  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever 
in  cattle: 

ALABAMA 

The  following  counties  are  quarantined :  Clarke,  Choctaw.  Mobile,  and  Wash- 
ington. 

ARKANSAS 

The  following  counties  and  portions  of  counties  are  quarantined:  Ashley, 
Bradley,  Calhoun,  Chicot,  Clark,  Cleveland,  Columbia,  Dallas,  Drew,  Grant, 
Hempstead,  Hot  Spring,  Lafayette,  Lincoln,  Miller,  Nevada,  Ouachita,  Pike, 
and  Union ;  that  portion  of  Desha  County  south  of  the  Arkansas  River ;  that 
portion  of  Howard  County  south  of  townships  6  and  7  south ;  and  that  part  of 
Little  River  County  south  of  Little  River. 

FLORIDA 

The  entire  State  of  Florida  is  quarantined,  except  the  counties  of  Bay, 
Broward,  Calhoun,  Dade,  Escambia,  Franklin,  Gadsden,  Gulf,  Holmes,  Jackson, 
Liberty,  Martin,  Monroe,  Okaloosa,  Palm  Beach,  Santa  Rosa,  Walton,  and 
Washington. 

LOUISIANA 

The  following  parishes  and  portions  of  parishes  are  quarantined :  Acadia, 
Allen,  Ascension,  Assumption,  Avoyelles,  Beauregard,  Bienville,  Bossier,  Cam- 
eron, Calcasieu,  Caldwell,  Catahoula,  De  Soto,  Evangeline,  Franklin,  Grant, 
Iberia,  Jackson,  Lafayette,  La  Salle.  Livingston,  Morehouse,  Natchitoches' 
Pointe  Coupee,  Rapides,  Richland,  Red  River,  Sabine,  St.  Helena,  St.  Landry,' 
70109—27 


St.  Martin.  St.  Tammany.  Tangipahoa,  Union.  Vermilion,  Vernon,  Washington, 
Webster,  West  Baton  Rouge,  West  Carroll,  and  Winn;  all  that  portion  of  Iber- 
ville Parish  lying  west  of  the  Mississippi  River;  and  all  that  portion  of 
Ouachita  Parish  lying  west  of  the  Ouachita  River. 

MISSISSIPPI 

The  following  counties  are  quarantined:  Amite,  Clarke,  Covington,  Forrest, 
George.  Greene,  Hancock.  Harrison.  Jackson,  Jasper,  Jefferson  Davis,  Jones, 
Lamar,  Lawrence,  Marion.  Pearl  River.  Perry,  Pike.  Simpson,  Smith,  Stone, 
Walthall,  and  Wayne. 

OKLAHOMA 

The  following  county  and  portions  of  counties  are  quarantined:  McCurtain 
County :  that  portion  of  Le  Flore  County  lying  east  and  south  of  the  following- 
described  line :  Beginning  on  the  line  between  Oklahoma  and  Arkansas  where 
the  same  is  intersected  "by  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  Railway  and 
running  thence  westerly,  following  said  railroad,  to  the  line  between  ranges 
26  and  27  east;  thence  south  to  the  northwest  corner  of  section  30,  township 
6  north,  range  27  east;  thence  west  to  the  northwest  corner  of  section  26, 
township  6  north,  range  26  east;  thence  south  to  the  northwest  corner 
of  section  2,  township  5  north,  range  26  east ;  thence  west  to  the  north- 
west corner  of  section  5,  township  5  north,  range  26  east;  thence  south  to  the 
line  between  townships  4  and  5  north;  thence  west  on  said  township  line  to 
the  line  between  ranges  25  and  26  east ;  thence  south  on  said  range  line  to 
the  ridge  of  the  Kiamichi  Mountains ;  thence  in  a  westerly  direction,  following 
the  ridges  of  said  mountain,  to  the  east  line  of  Pushmataha  County ;  that  por- 
tion of  Choctaw  County  lying  east  of  the  east  bank  of  the  Kiamichi  River ;  and 
that  part  of  Pushmataha  County  lying  east  and  south  of  the  following-described 
line:  Beginning  at  a  point  where  the  east  bank  of  the  Kiamichi  River  inter- 
sects the  Pushmataha  and  Choctaw  County  line ;  thence  running  northwest  along 
the  east  bank  of  the  said  river  to  the  north  line  of  section  16,  township  3 
south,  range  16  east,  thence  running  'west  on  said  section  line  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  the  east  right-of-way  fence  line  of  the  St.  Louis-San  Francisco  Rail- 
road ;  thence  running  north  and  east  along  the  said  right-of-way  fence  to  its 
intersection  with  the  Pushmataha  and  Latimer  County  line. 

PORTO  RICO 

The  entire  territory  is   quarantined. 

TEXAS 

The  following  counties  and  portions  of  counties  are  quarantined :  Anderson, 
Angelina,  Atascosa,  Austin,  Bell,  Bexar,  Brazoria,  Brazos,  Brooks,  Bowie, 
Burleson,  Burnet,  Cameron,  Cass,  Chambers,  Cherokee,  Dimmit,  Duval.  Fort 
Bend,  Freestone,  Frio,  Galveston,  Gregg,  Grimes,  Hardin,  Harris,  Harrison, 
Hays,  Henderson,  Hidalgo,  Houston.  Jasper,  Jefferson,  Jim  Hogg,  Jim  Wells, 
Karnes,  Kenedy,  Kleberg,  La  Salle.  Lampasas,  Lee,  Lavaca,  Leoii,  Liberty,  Lime- 
stone, Live  Oak,  McMullen,  Marion.  Madison,  Milam,  Montgomery,  Nacogdoches, 
Newton,  Orange,  Panola,  Polk,  Red  River.  Robertson,  Rusk,  Sabine,  San 
Augustine,  San  Jacinto,  Shelby,  Smith,  Starr,  Travis,  Trinity.  Tyler,  Upshur. 
Walker,  Waller.  Washington,  Webb,  Willacy,  Wilson.  Wood,  Zapata,  and 
Zavalla ;  that  part  of  Matagorda  County  lying  east  of  the  Colorado  River 
except  the  Matagorda  Peninsula ;  and  that  part  of  Wharton  County  lying  east 
of  the  Colorado  River. 

INTERPRETATION 

This  rule  1,  revision  26,  shall  be  construed  in  connection  with  the  regula- 
tion of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  the  prevention  of  the  spread  of  sple- 
netic, southern,  or  Texas  fever  in  cattle,  and  is  subject  to  amendment  or  revision 
on  statutory  notice. 

Rule  1,  revision  25  (B.  A.  I.  Order  300),  dated  November  5,  1926,  effective 
December  1,  1926,  shall  cease  to  be  effective  on  and  after  December  1,  1927, 
<m  and  after  which  date  this  rule  1.  revision  26,  which  for  purposes  of  identifi- 
cation is  designated  as  B.  A.  I.  Order  307,  shall  become  and  be  effective  until 
•otherwise  ordered. 


The  effect  of  this  order  is  as  follows  : 

In  Alabama,  Escambia  County  is  released  from  quarantine. 

In  Arkansas.  Garland.  Montgomery,  Polk.  Saline,  and  Sevier  Counties,  the 
remainder  of  Jefferson  and  Pulaski  Counties,  and  a  portion  of  Little  River  and 
Howard  Counties,  are  released  from  quarantine. 

In  Florida.  Escambia  and  Santa  Rosa  Counties,  and  the  remainder  of 
Okaloosa.  Walton,  and  Holmes  Counties  are  released  from  quarantine. 

In   Louisiana.    Morehouse   Parish,    formerly   released,    is    requarantined. 

In  South  Carolina.  Berkeley  County,  and  the  remainder  of  Charleston 
County,  are  released  from  quarantine.   • 

In  Texas.  Bandera.  Bastrop.  Colorado.  Coryell.  Fayette,  Kendall,  Nueces, 
and  Titus  Counties,  and  a  portion  of  Matagorda  County,  are  released  from 
quarantine. 

In  Virginia.  Southampton  County  is  released  from  quarantine. 

The  existing  quarantine  of  areas  in  the  States  of  Mississippi  and  Oklahoma, 
and  the  Territory  of  Porto  Rico  is  continued. 

Done  at  the  City  of  Washington,  this  28th  day  of  October,  1927. 
Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 

R.   W.  Duxlap, 
Acting  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


NOTE : 

FEEDING  STATIONS  FOR  NONINFECTED   CATTLE 

Properly  equipped  noninfectious  pens  are  maintained  at  the  following  points  within  the 
quarantined  area  : 

Eudora.  Ark..  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  Co.  pens. 

Texarkana.  Ark.,  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  Co.  pens. 

McGehee,  Ark..  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  Co.  pens. 

Jacksonville,  Fla.,  Jacksonville  Union  Stockyards  pens. 

Fort  Pierce.  Fla..  Florida  East  Coast  Railway  pens. 

Jacksonville.  Fla..  National  Stockyards  pens. 

Alexandria.  La..  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  and  the  Texas  &  Pacific  Railway  pens. 

De  Quincy.  La..  Gulf  Coast  Lines  pens. 

Hattiesburg,  Miss.,   Mississippi  Development  Board  pens. 

Hattiesburg.  Miss..   New  Orleans  &  Northeastern  Railroad  Co.   pens. 

Laredo.  Tex.,  International  &  Great  Northern  Railway  pens. 

Palestine.  Tex..  International  &  Great  Northern  Railway  pens. 

Hearne.  Tex.?  Houston  &  Texas  Central  Railroad  pens. 

San  Antonio,  Tex.,  the  Union  Stockyards  pens. 

Houston,  Tex.,  the  Union  Stockyards  pens. 

Yoakum.  Tex.,  San  Antonio  &  Aransas  Pass  Railway  pons. 

Longview  Junction,  Tex..  Texas  &  Pacific  Railway  Co.  pens. 

(En^lewood)    Houston.   Tex.,    Southern   Pacific   Railway   Co.    pens. 

Orange,  Tex..  Southern  Pacific  Lines  pens. 

Beaumont.  Tex..  Southern  Pacific  Co.  pens. 

Bellville,  Tex..  Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  Co.  pens. 

Temple,  Tex.,  Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  Co.  pens. 

Conroe,  Tex.,  Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  Co.  pens. 

Beaumont,  Tex.,  Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  Co.   pens. 


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